SEREN Connect Information Booklets
There are 8 booklets in the SEREN Connect Range. Here is a detailed outline of contents. Discover more about the SEREN Connect programme for young people moving to adult services
PDF versions of all the SEREN Connect booklets are available for NHS Wales staff on the NHS Wales Sharepoint website. Read them here!
Learning to drive and driving safely with Type 1 diabetes
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- Vision standards for driving
- Applying for provisional licence
- Telling the DVLA about Type 1 diabetes
- Renewing their licence every 1-3 years
- Treating hypos
- CGM/Flash Glucose Monitoring
- Motor insurance
- Drive-thru carb counting
- Contacting the DVLA
- Driving legally and more!
(Welsh version available to download)
Understanding Type 1 diabetes, your eye health and retinopathy
- Looking after their eye health
- Optician appointments
- Eye screening service
- What to expect at screenings?
- Photographing the back of the eye
- Diabetes related changes
- Treatment for retinopathy
- Eye screening during pregnancy
- Other diabetes related changes and more!
Drinking alcohol with Type 1 diabetes
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- Alcohol laws in the UK
- Alcohol limits
- Effects of alcohol
- Effect of alcohol on blood glucose levels
- Hypos
- Glucagon not being as effective
- Hangovers
- Staying safe
- Smoking and vaping
- Drugs and illegal substances and more!
(Welsh version available to download)
Sex, relationships and Type 1 diabetes
- Involving partners in diabetes care
- Contraception
- Hypos
- Insulin pumps and diabetes tech
- Thrush
- Sexual function
- Hormones
- Alcohol
- Mental health
- Unplanned pregnancy
Understanding Type 1 diabetes, your feet and neuropathy
- The role of a podiatrist
- Foot check during annual review
- What to expect during a foot check?
- Checking their feet
- Cleaning their feet
- Cutting toe nails
- Wearing appropriate shoes
- Dealing with sweaty feet, warts and verrucas
- Taking care of feet on holiday
- Diabetes related changes and more!
Managing Type 1 diabetes: post school at university and in the workplace
- Types of employment
- Further education and studying
- Managing Type 1 diabetes at university
- Managing Type 1 diabetes at work
- Job interviews
- Transferable skills
- The Equality Act 2010
- Dealing with discrimination
- Living independently
- Feeling stuck in a diabetes rut and more!
Travel, events and festivals with Type 1 diabetes
- Travel and holidays
- Packing diabetes supplies
- Getting through security
- Foods
- Routines
- Temperature
- Time zones
- Travel insurance
- Festivals
- Body art and more!
For more information about the SEREN Connect Programme and using these booklets, please contact Sara Crowley, NHS Wales Transitional Care Co-ordinator. Sara’s email address is Sara.Crowley2@wales.nhs.uk